Greenlandish

Origin

From Greenland + -ish, influenced by Norwegian and Danish grønlandsk.

Full definition of Greenlandish

Adjective

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people, or its language.
• 1986, Lee M. Hollander, The Poetic Edda:Intimately connected with the question of the date is that of the home of Eddic poetry. There is fair agreement about only two poems: "Atlamál," which is generally allowed to be of Greenlandish origin, and the "Prophecy of Grípir," which no doubt was composed by an Icelander of the twelfth century ...

Synonyms

• (preferred) Greenlandic
• (language only) Kalaallisut

Proper noun

1. The official language of Greenland, an Eskimo-Aleut language written with the Latin alphabet.
• 1875, Hinrich Rink, Robert Brown, Tales and traditions of the Eskimo:Taking it for granted that Greenlandish may be held to represent the Eskimo tongue in general, we shall endeavour to give an idea of its remarkable construction.
• 1996, Hans Goebl, Linguistique de contact:The linguistic character of Faroese and Greenlandish are very different, Greenlandish being an Eskimo language whereas Faroese is a Nordic language with roots in Old Norwegian.

Synonyms

• Greenlandic
• Kalaallisut

Anagrams

• calendering